To watch the event via livestream, please visit https://vimeo.com/event/4639271.
Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will bless and dedicate Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary’s new campus in Lower Gwynedd (Montgomery County) this Saturday.
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will offer remarks and be present for the blessing along with the Seminary’s rector, Most Reverend Keith J. Chylinski, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
3:00 p.m.
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
1400 Evans Road
Ambler, PA 19002
The private event to which media are invited to cover will include a prayer service consisting of hymns, remarks, and a formal blessing followed by a procession to the Student Life Center where a ceremonial ribbon will be cut, and the buildings will be sprinkled with holy water. Following the ribbon cutting, a reception will be held in the Student Life Center. Seminarians will lead guided tours of the campus during the reception.
On Sunday, October 13th the Seminary will host an open house for the public with seminarians providing guided tours of the campus 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. The last tour group will leave the refectory promptly at 2:15 p.m.
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary began the 2024-2025 academic year, the institution’s 193rd year of priestly formation and the first year at the new campus in Lower Gwynedd, with an enrollment of 140 seminarians, 71 of whom study for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Among the 23 new seminarians beginning their journey at the seminary this fall are seven preparing to serve the Church of Philadelphia.
In addition, 14 partner dioceses and religious communities from across the country and around the world send their men to Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary for formation.
About Saint Charles Seminary
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary was founded as the Roman Catholic seminary for the Diocese of Philadelphia in 1832, making it the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the state of Pennsylvania. Thanks to the prayers and generosity of many people, the seminary has been able to continue its mission of forming future priests continuously for the last 193 years, both for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and many other dioceses and religious orders throughout the country and around the world.
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Editor’s Note: To watch the event via livestream, please visit https://vimeo.com/event/4639271.
For more information on Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, please call 610-667-3394 or visit www.scs.edu.
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